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¡No me juzquez! The Life Experiences that Impact Latino Parent Participation in Their Child’s Education: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study

Trinidad Y. Sierra Liberty University School of Education

You are invited to be in a research study regarding the life experiences that impact Latino parent participation in their child’s education. You were selected as a possible participant because you are a Latino parent of a student attending Harrison Morton Middle School who is involved in at least one school event. Please read this form and ask any questions you may have before

agreeing to be in the study.

Trinidad Y. Sierra, a doctoral candidate in the School of Education at Liberty University, is conducting this study.

Background Information: The purpose of this study is to explore the life experiences of middle school Latino parents to understand the impact their experiences have on their participation in school-based activities.

Procedures: If you agree to be in this study, I would ask you to do the following things: 1. Be interviewed for approximately one hour at a location and time that best works with

your availability. Interviews will be audio recorded.

2. Be one of four – five participants in a focus group. The focus group will meet for about an hour at a location that best meets the availability of the participants. (You do not have to partake in this part of the study if you only agree to the interview part of the study.) The focus group interview will be audio recorded.

3. Be observed and audio/video recorded during a school-based event which can be approximately half an hour to an hour depending on the event. Your family, children, school staff, and other spectators may be incidentally recorded at the event, but your participation will be the focus of the observation. Your interaction with the school personnel and your participation will be noted.

4. Review documents which include transcriptions of interviews for validity and accuracy which may take approximately an hour.

Risks: The risks involved in this study are minimal, which means they are equal to the risks you would encounter in everyday life.

Benefits: Participants should not expect to receive a direct benefit from taking part in this study. Benefits to society may include the improvement of methods used to promote Latino parent school involvement.

Compensation: Participants will not be compensated for participating in this study. If the interview takes place at a coffee shop, the researcher (Trinidad Sierra) will buy your coffee. Confidentiality: The records of this study will be kept private. Research records will be stored securely, and only the researcher will have access to the records. I may share the data I collect from you for use in future research studies or with other researchers; if I share the data that I collect about you, I will remove any information that could identify you, if applicable, before I share the data.

• Participants will be assigned a pseudonym. I will conduct the interviews in a location where others will not easily overhear the conversation.

• Data will be stored on a password locked computer and may be used in future presentations. After three years, all electronic records will be deleted.

• Individual interviews, focus group interviews, and observations will be recorded and transcribed. Recordings will be stored on a password locked computer for three years and then erased. Only the researcher will have access to these recordings.

• I cannot assure participants that other members of the focus group will not share what was discussed with persons outside of the group.

Voluntary Nature of the Study: Participation in this study is voluntary. Your decision whether or not to participate will not affect your current or future relations with Liberty University or the Allentown School District. If you decide to participate, you are free to not answer any question or withdraw at any time without affecting those relationships.

How to Withdraw from the Study: If you choose to withdraw from the study, please contact the researcher at the email address/phone number included in the next paragraph. Should you choose to withdraw, data collected from you, apart from focus group and observation data, will be destroyed immediately and will not be included in this study. Focus group and observation data will not be destroyed, but your contributions to the focus group and observed activity will not be included in the study if you choose to withdraw.

Contacts and Questions: The researcher conducting this study is Trinidad Y. Sierra You may ask any questions you have now. If you have questions later, you are encouraged to contact her at 484-347-7776 or [email protected] You may also contact the researcher’s faculty chair, Dr. Randy Tierce, at [email protected].

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study and would like to talk to someone other than the researcher, you are encouraged to contact the Institutional Review Board, 1971 University Blvd., Green Hall Ste. 2845, Lynchburg, VA 24515 or email at [email protected].

Please notify the researcher if you would like a copy of this information for your records.

Statement of Consent: I have read and understood the above information. I have asked questions and have received answers. I consent to participate in the study.

The researcher has my permission to audio-record/video-record me as part of my participation in this study.

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Signature of Participant Date

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